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The Rum Howler 2016 Top 50 Mixing Rums Countdown

This year my annual 2016 Rum Countdown is going to be a little different. Rather than building a countdown list of premium aged rums this year, my Rum Howler year-end countdown will feature the best rums in the world which we love to mix in cocktails; in particular, the Rum Old Fashioned, the Cuba Libre, the Mojitos, and the Daiquiri. Not only does my list feature a completely different selection of rums this year, it is also bigger than ever with 50 spirits included for your cocktail enjoyment.

I began to build this list by going through my Rum Reviews Page, and then pulling all the my Anejo, Amber, White, Spiced, Dark, Flavoured and Over Proof Rum sample bottles off of my rum shelves grouping them first by review score and then by category. Then I double checked each brand to see if it was still in the market-place or whether it had been discontinued. If it appeared that the spirit was no longer available, then I dismissed it such that my list would reflect the current state of rum.

Then the fun began!

With the White Rums, I made Daiquiries and Mojitos; with the Amber and Dark Rums, I made Daiquiries and Cuba Libre’s; with the Anejo Rums, I made Cuba Libre’s and Old Fashioned Cocktails and with the Spiced, Flavoured and Overproof Rums, I made cocktails which I believed suited suit each spirit.

I gave each rum each two ‘Mixing Scores’ based upon the two cocktails I made with them, and then I combined that score with my ‘Review Score’ to arrive at my ‘Rank Score’.

All of the rums on this list (if they were to carry age statements) would be aged 5 years or less. If the rum was blended from spirit of different ages, then I used my best judgement to exclude any rum which would carry and average age of 5 or more years as well as those rums which are marketed as premium sipping rums. It is my intention that this list represents those rums we love to mix. (Just to be clear, although these are all ‘Mixing Rums’, the truth is that many are just fine on their own as sippers giving the rum connoisseur the best of both worlds.)

Of course, some of the rums which I have previously reviewed were no longer upon my rum shelves. In those cases I relied upon my memory and what I could glean from my written review to assign a suitable ‘Rank Score’ and placed the spirit in its proper spot in my countdown. The system wasn’t perfect, but I was happy with the final results.